Definitions for oversees

oversees o·ver·see

Spelling: [oh-ver-see]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈsi/

Oversees is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in oversees (eeeorssv).

Definitions for oversees

verb (used with object)

  1. to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage:
  2. to see or observe secretly or unintentionally:
  3. to survey or watch, as from a higher position.
  4. to look over; examine; inspect.

Origin of oversees

before 900; Middle English overseen, Old English ofersēon. See over-, see1

Examples for oversees

Over time, they want to hand Gaza over to the more moderate Palestinian Authority, which oversees the West Bank today.

As Minister of Trade, he oversees TEPCO, which is attempting to put its profitable nuclear reactors back on-line.

She oversees the housekeeping herself, and the cooking is perfect they say.

Dryburgh, the ruin in which is the tomb of Walter Scott, is shown by an intelligent man who oversees the place.

In addition to heading up NPI, he also publishes a journal, Radix, and oversees a small publishing house.

“We have the most hilarious meetings,” says Coles, who oversees an editorial staff of 50 or so, including half a dozen men.

She oversees her own kitchen, and puts on her own hand and cooks, jest when she is a mind too.

A spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which oversees the conflicts in both the Middle East and Afghanistan, disputed this notion.

He oversees shooting oil-wells, too, and shoots 'em himself, sometimes.

She bids me to send you this writing, and oversees the same.

Word Value for oversees
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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